The Child's Conception of Physical Causality

Our encounters with the physical world are filled with miraculous puzzles-wind appears from somewhere, heavy objects (like oil tankers) float on oceans, yet smaller objects go to the bottom of our water-filled buckets

Author: Jean Piaget
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 12/31/2000
Pages: 322
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.06w x 0.99d
ISBN: 9780765806413

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 09/01/2001 pg. 6

About the Author
Piaget, Jean: -

Jean Piaget (1896-1980) is known for investigations of thought processes as well as his epistemological work with children. His theory of cognitive development, coupled with his studies with children, is known as genetic epistemology. He was professor at Geneva University and director and founder of the International Center for Epistemology. He is the author of The Language and Thought of the Child, Judgment and Reasoning in the Child, The Origin of Intelligence in Children, and The Early Growth of Logic in the Child.

Valsiner, Jaan: -

Jaan Valsiner is Niels Bohr Professor of Cultural Psychology at Aalborg University, Denmark.